Star Life Talk and Gossip

NEW YORK (AP) — “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre introduced Ashton Kutcher as a new star of television’s most popular comedy on Monday, and gained a measure of revenge against the departed Charlie Sheen in the process.

Peter Dinklage is making real waves as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones. He is even making bigger waves as he just won an acting trophy for that role in the Emmy Awards last night. The actor made his character a real standout in a cast where there are plenty of principal actors. He is [...]

French film star Gerard Depardieu said he had no choice but to relieve himself into a bottle on a plane last month after a flight attendant blocked the bathroom door, insisting “I’m not a monster.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit cable series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” has died at age 39, according to representatives and family. Whitfield died Sunday in Sydney, Australia, 18 months after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, manager Sam Maydew told the Associated Press. “On a beautiful [...]

Actor Woody Harrelson confided that he had difficulty portraying a cop in “Rampart,” which premiered at the Toronto film festival, but critics praised his performance as his best ever. Dozens of actors have given memorable performances as corrupt cops over the years, including Harvey Keitel in “Bad Lieutenant” (1992), Gary Oldman in “The Professional” (1994) [...]